Steve Q
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Welcome to the forum Kelly :) sorry to hear of your accident. My dad had a similar incident in his 20-3 a3 on a motorway. Again it wrote the a3 off and just like you the airbags didn't deploy. In my dads case the car hit the barrier head on then spun round. Audis are built well but one thing I would ask the insurance company is whether their assessment is based on a visual check or if they have dismantled the car. Again in a real life example I had an accident in a 2008 Suzuki swift and the insurance company told me it was written off. I didn't buy it and asked them whether they had dismantled the car. Needless to say they hadn't dismantled it and it transpired it wasn't even a write off! They discover this after they had dismantled it! Due to the palarva I got compensation from the insurance company due to the way I had been treated and for them taking so long to fix the car! Hope iv helped a little. And hope the situation is resolved quickly. Cheers steve
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Bump anyone at all got any? :) I'm struggling to find good ones on eBay/gumtree 😐
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Now that is a good question. I'm going to speak to my dad today as my brother has raced at rockingham. From my memory the carpark is big but I'm just trying to remember if there are barriers or a kiosk on entry. If there is then it's a no go but I'm really struggling to find anywhere to park prior to the show :/
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Trevor had an idea, we could meet down the road at rockingham race circuit! :)
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Welcome to the forum Adrian :) youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) not surprised your pleased! ;) cheers steve
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Not too late Paul just go on the website and go on the tickets tab :) just let me know once you've bought them :) cheers steve
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Perfect! :) Just let me know once you've bought your tickets by putting a post "paid" and your tbshirt size on the attendees list topic :) you get a free audi Owners club t shirt and sticker for attending! ;)
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Welcome to the forum John :) youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) I'm not able to help though a im unsure what offset you need. Sorry. check out the events section as we have are attending Audis in the park on Sunday 13th August. Your more than welcome to display your a3 on the club stand :) cheers steve
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Welcome to the forum Gerry youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) I'm unable to help though as iv not had any experience with the 1.0tfsi engine in the a3 but iv experienced the smal engines tfsi engines in the a1. For town driving it's perfect as it can be nippy at low speeds. However if you are doing a lot of motorway driving you may found the engine is slightly noisey as it's here where the engine has to work hard. Also the S tronic box is nice and is one of the better auto gearboxes out there. Here's the link to the what car review. You may have seen it already but thought I'd share: https://www.whatcar.com/news/2016-audi-a3-10-tfsi-sportback-review/ Hope iv helped a little :) cheers steve
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Right, To the members who are attending Audis in the park. As your probably aware you will get a FREE t shirt on the day of the show. I just need the t shirt size you would like. They come in S, M, L, XL and XXL cheers steve
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Thanks Trevor :) thurmaston lane does come to a dead end due to new houses. The old a47 comes back and joins up to the new road (I say new but it's been there atleast 25 years)
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Welcome to the forum :) youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) I have to agree with Sven, it sounds to me like the car doesn't have the function. It is quite common now for manufacturers to put in the buttons for nav and Bluetooth as they are all attached to one button control module. They do this as it cuts manufacturing costs. The manufacturers just don't active the feature in the cars computer plus they don't fit the microphones etc. Audi do it, BMW do it and even Vauxhall do it, just to name a few. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news. As Sven has said get the previous owner run through a step by step with you on how to set it up or get him to show you. But from what you've said it Deffo sounds like the car hasn't got Bluetooth. Cheers steve
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Welcome to the forum Sam :) youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) it sounds to me like the car is just doing a diesel particulate filter (dpf) regen. This is totally normal. Basically the car keeps the fan on to keep the engine cool whilst it slows the particulates to be burned off from the dpf, if that makes sense. All Diesel engines made after 2006 will have a dpf and as such the regen is normal. The car does this so tar the dpf doesbt get blocked as this would lead to expensive repair bills. If you don't mind me asking what type of driving do you use the car for? Is it city or motorway driving? If it's city driving then I would advise you give the car a good motorway blast nice a week to allow the carbon and soot to be cleared out of the dpf. You've probably seen this on other diesels when a big puff of black smoke comes out of the exhaust. Dont eorrybabout the essay, my response is just as long! Hope iv helped :) cheers Steve
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Welcome to the forum Sasikumar :) youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) have you tried replacing the batteries in the key fob? In failing that have had a chance to reset the te keys? it clearly sounds to me that it is a key issue and not a central locking issue as you are able to unlock the doors from the inside. Hope iv helped :) cheers steve
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Welcome to the forum Clive! :) youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch :) glad your pleased with a3, and I couldn't agree more about the S Line seats. They are far superior over the non S Line items :) when you get a chance feel free to post a pic of your a3 :) cheers steve
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Welcome to the forum Mark :) lovely a3 you have there! :) let's hope we get plenty of sunshine over the next couple of months! ;) youll find the members on here are a friendly and helpful bunch so ask away with any questions :) Oh and ignore Cliff! He's just jealous he didn't get a soft top! ;) cheers steve
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And here's another one: this is the old Thurmaston Lane in Leicester which got split in two because of a new road. As an be seen some of it is now a footpath/cycle track but the old road is visable and abit further along it's a dead end but still clearly a road!
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Just thought I'd share some pics of a couple of abandoned roads in Leicestershire that my brinrger and I cruised/walked along. If you know of similar roads then please share! :) rhis road is the old a47 near Oakham. As can be seen it even includes two abandoned side roads! Oh and don't worry this is totally legal as it is a public road/bridal way :) hope youbrnjoy!
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A bit of a coincidence but Diana's green Audi cab has just sold for £58,000! Heres more info: https://www.thesun.co.uk/motors/3961544/princess-dianas-audi-a4-convertible-used-to-give-prince-william-and-prince-harry-lifts-as-children-has-sold-for-58000-at-auction/ I'm still waiting for the results of the coys auctionfor the black Audi cab which this post was originally about. Cheers steve
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